Acts 12:10-20

Amplified Bible

¹⁰ When they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city. Of its own accord it swung open for them; and they went out and went along one street, and at once the angel left him. ¹¹ When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and has rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me].” ¹² When he realized what had happened, he went to the house of ^[a]Mary the mother of John, who was also called ^[b]Mark, where many [believers] were gathered together and were praying continually [and had been praying all night]. ¹³ When he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer. ¹⁴ Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she failed to open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gateway. ¹⁵ They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel!”^{(A) 16} But [meanwhile] Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were completely amazed. ¹⁷ But motioning to them with his hand to be quiet and listen, he described how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to ^[c]James and the brothers and sisters.” Then he left and went to another place.

¹⁸ Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. ¹⁹ When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he interrogated the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea [Maritima] and spent some time there.

Death of Herod

²⁰ Now Herod [Agrippa I] was ^[d]extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, ^[e]the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country.